A Terrible Idea has come out with another great idea. I Am Your Champion is a game/challenge played in five rounds that will challenge your existing ideas regarding charitable fundraising. Basically, you choose a charity and support it, but it’s more like you use your creativity to provide rewards or thank you gifts to those who contribute to your charity. Jump over to the website to catch up on the requirements for each round. It’s not too late to join in! I’m participating, and this post is me announcing myself, my cause, my goal and my reward.

Act for Peace, I am your Champion!

Act for Peace empowers war-torn communities to reduce poverty, protect refugees and prevent further conflict. Our project partners are currently assisting more than one million people in many of the world’s worst conflict-affected areas, including Sudan, Somalia, Zimbabwe, the Middle East, Burma and Sri Lanka.

Act for Peace is a member of the global Action by Churches Together (ACT) Alliance which works in more than 125 countries worldwide enabling us to respond immediately and effectively to emergency situations as they occur.

Act for Peace is the international aid agency of the National Council of Churches in Australia (NCCA). Act for Peace provides aid to those affected by emergencies and disasters like the Pakistan Floods and Haiti Earthquake. They are also involved in a lot of great advocacy and campaigns including Act for Disarmament, Make Poverty History, The Robin Hood Tax, Act for Peace in Palestine & Israel, and the Micah Challenge.

Goals & Rewards

So, here’s what I’m creating to support Act for Peace. I’m going to make a broadsheet or newspaper for use in fantasy roleplaying games. Rather than a few longer articles, it will have several short ones, kind of like a classifieds section. Each ‘article’ will be about an adventure hook or an item, person, location, or the like. GMs can use these as inspiration, or the broadsheet can be printed out and handed to players, telling their characters “You find this broadsheet in the tavern” and then letting them go wild, following or investigating whichever articles they choose. I’ll be creating the broadsheet as if it exists in a fantasy world. It will resemble a short newspaper.

Even if nobody donates I’m going to release the broadsheet in PDF format for free under the Creative Commons. So everyone gets that, but for those who donate here are the thank you gifts or rewards I’m offering:

  • Donate $5 and I will use your name in an article.
    • The article won’t be about your namesake, but will mention them. For example, in an article about bandit raids it might say “Gary, a local resident, was quoted as saying…” or in one about a recent dragon attack “Among the victims of the tragic dragon rampage was a local scribe, Mr. Gygax”.
    • UPDATE: Alternatively, for $5 you can have your dead character listed in the obituaries as someone to mourn for and remember. This will be a list of character names, with no additional details. If you want more, see the $10 level.
  • Donate $10 and I will use your name in an article as the focus of the article.
    • Your namesake might be a wanted criminal, a merchant advertising their new store, an explorer looking for help on an expedition, a local lord offering a reward for information about his daughter, a retired hero (Sir Gygax!) looking for new blood to settle an old score, and so on. At the $10 level, feel free to give me an idea of how you’d like your name used and I’ll see what I can do.
    • UPDATE: Alternatively, for $10 your character will get their own individual obituary. Email me with their name, some great deeds they would have wanted to be remembered for, and how they died. Or, for $10 you can write in a question to the newspaper’s advice column and have it answered.
  • Donate $15 and I will use your name in an article as part of an adventure location or artefact name.
    • Your name will also be included in bold as part of the title of the article. For example, GYGAX PEAK: A NATURALIST’S NIGHTMARE or WANTED: THE GLAIVE OF GYGAX. The article will then go on, focused on that location or artefact, and perhaps an NPC of the same name. Like at the $10 level, feel free to give me some direction here.
    • UPDATE: If you wish, I’ll throw in an obituary or advice column answer from the $10 level here too, as a bonus.
  • Donate $20 and you will receive the same reward as at the $15 level, but I will also add a little sketch to the article.
    • Sketches will be of things like a quick map of the location, an adventurer’s drawing of the artefact they claim they saw, or something similar. Again, happy to be given some direction on what you’d like me to do here.
    • UPDATE: If you wish, I’ll throw in an obituary or advice column answer from the $10 level here too, as a bonus.
  • Donate $25 or more and I will write a longer article with all the rewards of the $20 level or I will write a number of shorter articles on a theme of your choosing.
    • So, I could write a few articles about an adventure location of your choice, or if you like plagues I could write a few articles focusing on a plague that has ravaged the land. That kind of stuff. I’m willing to discuss it with you and offer something more. At this level, I’m happy to do a fair bit.
    • UPDATE: If you wish, I’ll throw in an obituary or advice column answer from the $10 level here too, as a bonus. Or you can ask me for something similar. You might have some other idea, and for $25 I’m very happy to listen.

I’ve referred to “your name” in the rewards above, but if you want me to use the name of a character you have or the name of one of your friends or something, just let me know.

I Challenge You! Dare to Donate.

I’m making this broadsheet even if I don’t get any donations. When it’s released will depend on how much interest I get. I want to give people a chance to donate and let this get out there for a while. I’ll definitely keep you updated though.

So, will you accept my challenge? Donate to Act for Peace. Help them help those in need. It’s a great cause and they deserve your support. But as thanks from me, you will also receive the corresponding award above. Simple as that.

There are two ways to donate.

Way 1

Click here to donate now. Follow that link and donate to whichever Act for Peace appeal you prefer. Once you’re done, you’ll get an email receipt. Forward the receipt to pyresofvam@gmail.com with the subject “I Am Your Champion – Act for Peace”.

I’ll only be using the receipt to confirm your payment and amount, but if you don’t want to delete any personal details (like your home address) that’s fine. In the email also tell me what reward you want at your donation level, what name you want me to use in the broadsheet and any other relevant details for the higher levels of donations.

Way 2

Some people were having trouble using donating through the Act for Peace website, possibly because the donors were not in Australia. So, I’ve set up a PayPal donate button. I’m not sure how much extra it’ll try to charge you, I think it’ll be about 50 cents for a donation of 5 Aussie dollars. If anyone uses it, I’d be keen to know the real numbers (I can’t really test this myself). If you don’t want to pay the extra charge, I can foot the bill for you. Make sure to also tell me what name you want used in the article and any other relevant details. You can do that in the additional info box or by email.

Here’s the donate button:


If you have any questions before or after donating, or if you have any trouble donating, shoot me an email at pyresofvam@gmail.com or just ask in the comments below. And if you do donate, be sure to speak up in the comments and let people know how awesome you are!

I’m excited about being a Champion and I hope you take up my cause and support Act for Peace.

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